Comb.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. Y

E T T E H G E R h I COMB.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG.19, 1.907.

I Witnesses:

Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. ISAIE FREOHETTE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTHTO JOSEPH ANTOINE MORIN, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filedfAugust 19, 1907. Serial No. 389,123.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAiE Fnnonnrrn, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing in the .city and district of Montreal, in the Provinceof Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to combs; the object of my invention is to providea comb with means for retaining itself in the hair of the wearer,without the use of pivoted parts, and by utilizing the resiliency of thecomb itself; and, my invention consists of the construction, combinationand arrangement of parts, as herein illustrated, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, I haveillustrated one form of embodiment of my invention, in which drawingssimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts, and inwhich:

Figure 1 is an elevation, showing the retaining means in closed oroperative osition; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same orm of combwithout the ornamental back, and showing the retaining means in open orinoperative position; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section on line 33of Fig. 2 showing the hair retaining means in inoperative position; and,Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on line 44 of Fig. 2 showing thehair retaining means in operative position.

Referriin to the drawings, 1 designates an ornamental back of suitableconstruction, secured to the comb proper 2 in any way so as to leave arojecting flange 3, which flange is maintained at a slight distance awayfrom the body of the comb.

The flange 3 is provided with a slot 4, through which loosely passes aloop 5, carried by a lip 6 formed on a hair retaining member 7 The hairretaining member 7 may be made of celluloid, bone, or other similarcommon comb making materials having a slight resiliency, and is adaptedto slide under the flange 3. .The loop 5 assing through the slot 4prevents the disp acement of the hair retaining member, yet permits it,on slight ressure exerted at the ends thereof, to be s ipped from underthe flange 3. The under face of the flange, adjacent each end,

is provided with recesses 8, into which are adapted to fit the lugs 9formed on the outer surface of the hair retaining member 7, so that themember 7 is retained in osition When once it is inserted beneath theange 3. Referring particularly to Figs. 2 and 4, the comb 2 is providedwith a turned flange body 10, which corres onds to the ornamentalportion 1 of the ot er form, and the free edge 11 of which extendsparallel to the comb 2, similar to the flange 3 of Fig. 1. The flange 10is provided with a slot 12, through which is passed a loop 13, formedintegral with a hair retaining member 14, which hair retaining member isformed of a resilient material. Carried by the member 14, adjacent itsends, are In s 15, adapted to fit into recesses 16 forme on the underside of the flange 10 and to firmly retain. the member 14 in positionwhen once it is slipped beneath the flange 10. The ends of the hairretaining members 7 and 14 are rovided with wings 17, by means of whicht e retaining members 7 and 14 may be easily removed and inserted underthe flanges 3 and 10 respectively.

In the operation of the invention the hair I retaining members areslipped from beneath their respective flanges and the combs insertedinto the hair. The retaining members are then inserted under theirflanges, tightly gripping a portion of the hair against the underside ofthe flanges, by means of wlhich gripping action the combs are held inace. P Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In combination with a comb body having a flange provided with anelongated slot, a hair retaining member adapted to be removably wedgedbetween the comb body and its flange, a loop fixed to said hairretaining member adapted to travel freely in said slot and to constitutea movable pivotal connection between said flange and said hair retainingmember, and means for retainin said halr retaining member beneath saic lflange, said means comprising cooperating lugs and recesses on theretaining member and the flange of the comb respectively.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

ISAIE FRECHETTE.

Witnesses:

T. MYNARD, Jos. J. B. CHARBONNEAU.

